Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751811AbaANSfg (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:35:36 -0500 Received: from exprod5og112.obsmtp.com ([64.18.0.24]:39978 "HELO exprod5og112.obsmtp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751526AbaANSfe (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:35:34 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <201401140706.13406.arnd@arndb.de> References: <1389135041-16062-1-git-send-email-fkan@apm.com> <201401132043.52491.arnd@arndb.de> <201401140706.13406.arnd@arndb.de> Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 10:35:33 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/6] Documentation: add dts binding for X-Gene reboot dts node. From: Feng Kan To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , Mark Rutland , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Tuesday 14 January 2014, Feng Kan wrote: >> >> > >> > Is this related to the standard ARM SCU that manages multiprocessor >> > systems, or a different unit that uses the same name? >> >> FKAN: You mean the snoop control unit in ARM. This is different from >> that, the main function of this unit is clk control. > > Hmm, if it's *mainly* used for clocks, you may actually just want to > have a driver in drivers/clk for it that also performs a few of the > other things on the side. > FKAN: there among other thing, reset controls, fuse id's and deep sleep resume registers... I like your idea of using syscon, we can have a node for SCU and then the specific driver to parse out the needed chunk to use. > Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/